Wall tie or bond.



A. G. DECKER. WALL TIE 0R BOND.

4 APPLICATION FILED yum-22, 1909.

Patented June 14, 1910.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 14:, 1910.

Application filed March 22, 1909. Serial No. 485,124.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER C. DECKER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Keokuk, in the county of Lee and State of Iowa, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in l/Vall Ties or Bonds, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My present invention pertains to improvements in wall ties or bonds, theconstruction and advantages of which will be hereinafter set forth,reference being had to the annexed drawings, wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a wall, showing the tiesapplied thereto; 2 a perspective view of one form of tie; Fig. 3 anenlarged horizontal sectional view, showing one of the ties in position;Fig. 4 a plan view of a modified form of tie; Fig. 5 a perspective Viewof a still further modified form of tie; and Figs. 6 and 7 perspectiveviews showing in different positions the tool which is employed fordriving the ties.

The object of the present invention is to provide a simple and efficienttie for securing a wall formed of bricks, stone or the like, to a woodenwall or wooden supports which are placed adjacent to the brick ormasonry wall.

Throughout certain sections of the United States it is common to buildhouses in which the walls are composed of an inner wall of wood and anouter wall of brick (or masonry) placed near the inner wall, and saidouter wall has in many instances been tied to the inner wall by deviceswhich in practice have been found more or less efficient.

The structure forming the basis of the present application is readilyand cheaply formed, easily placed in position and driven home, andeffective in operation in that it securely ties the walls together, orthe outer wall to the uprights or studs, in case an inner wall is notemployed, the ties themselves being securely bonded to the bricks ormasonry, as the case may be.

In the drawings, 1 denotes the studding usually employed in a housebuilt upon the lines above set forth; 2 sheathing secured to thestudding, and 3 the outer wall, shown in this instance as formed ofbricks. As will be seen upon reference to Fig. 3, the inner wall orsheathing 2 is spaced away from the brick, this being customary.

The tie forming the basis of this invention is formed of plate iron orsteel, having a body portion 4, and a plurality of tongues 5 extendingoutwardly from one end thereof. In the form shown in Figs. 1 to 3inclusive two such prongs are illustrated, and the body of the plate isprovided with a series of openings 6 extending therethrough, theopenings being so spaced as to be adjacent to the edges of the brickwhen the tie is driven home, as shown in Figs. 1 and 3. It will be notedupon reference to the drawings, that the outer end of the tie is cutaway at each edge, as at 7, and where this form is employed the ties maybe stamped out of a continuous strip of plate or sheet metal, such forinstance, as hoop iron, without the loss of any material.

In use, when the outer wall 3 has been built up to a suilicient heightthe workman will lay a number of the ties upon the bricks, or upon themortar which may be placed thereon, with the ties resting against thesheathing or the studding, as the case may be. He may then take a tool,such as that shown in Figs. 5 and 6, and by placing the fingers 8 in theopenings 6 adjacent to the central portion of the tie, drive the tieinwardly so that the prongs thereof penetrate the sheathing or studding.The handle of the tool will be made sufiiciently long to permit it toproject outwardly beyond the face of the brick so that there will be nodanger of the hammer hitting the brick and thus marring the same. Thetool is also provided with a cut-away portion having a straight edge orshoulder 9, which may be placed against the end of the tie, and the tiethus driven home or into position. As the prongs 5 enter the wood, theywill toe or spread, thus securely preventing the tie from beingwithdrawn. It is conceivable, of course, that the prongs might beslightly toed during the process of formation, but in practice this hasbeen found unnecessary. After being driven, a course of bricks is laidover the ties, and the mortar interposed between the bricks will passinto the openings 6 forming a bond between the brick wall and the ties,thus securely holding the wall against buckling action, either inwardlyor outwardly. The ties themselves cannot buckle or bend under any usualstrains or stress, and consequently the wall to which they are bondedcannot buckle or move out of alinement.

In Fig. 4; a slightly modified form of tie is shown. In this figure thedevice is provided with three penetrating fingers or prongs 10. As shownin said figure, the prongs are barbed, as at 11, to insure their holdingin the wood into which they are driven, though as above set forth thetoeing of the prongs as they are driven in is ordinarily sufficient tomaintain them in place, and prevent their being withdrawn. In thestructure shown in this figure but a single pair of holes, 12, is shown,which extend through the body of the tie.

In Fig. 5 a still further modification of the tie is shown. In thisfigure the body of the tie is crimped or bent slightly, formingtransverse ridges 13, which act in conjunction with the mortar or cementor bonding devices to prevent the withdrawal of the tie from the wall.Openings, as 14, may be formed in the ties, in the arched portions.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A tie of the class described, comprising a plate of metal having oneor more prongs extending outwardly from the forward or inner end thereofand adapted to be driven into a component part of the structure withwhich it is to be used; and means for securing bonding action betweensaid tie and the mortar or cement of the wall in which the body of thetie is embedded.

2. A tie of the class described, comprising a body portion formed ofsheet metal, having a plurality of openings formed therein, and aplurality of prongs extending out wardly from the forward end thereofand adapted to be driven into a component part of the structure withwhich it is to be used.

3. A tie of the class described, comprising a flat body of metal havinga plurality of securing devices extending outwardly from the forward endthereof; and means carried by the body for effecting bonding actionbetween the tie and the mortar or cement of the wall in which the tie isembedded, said means likewise providing means for the engagement of adriving tool.

4. A tie of the class described, comprising a body portion formed ofsheet metal transversely corrugated or ridged and having openingsextending through the body; and a plurality of prongs extendingoutwardly from the forward end of the body and adapted to be driven intoa component part of the wall or structure with which it is used.

5. A tie of the class described, comprising a substantially flat bodyportion formed of sheet metal and having a pair of holes extendingtherethrough, said holes being employed primarily to drive the tie toposition and to thereafter allow the admission of mortar or cement toform a bond between the tie and wall in which it is embedded; and aplurality of prongs extending outwardly from the body of the tie andadapted to be driven into the sheathing or the like arranged adjacent tothe wall.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

ALEXANDER G. DECKER.

Vitnesses RALPH B. SMITH, K. S. HILPERT.

